As a passionate garden lover, award-winning garden designer and Chartered Landscape Architect, David Hickie – Executive Senior Partner and Head of Studio, really enjoys meeting new clients and creating new wonderful gardens and outdoor spaces.
Gardens are about people. They allow you to dream and expand your imagination. They allow you to rejuvenate, relax, and to be ready for the next day to realize that dream.
Garden design is not about imposing your aesthetics on others, it is about listening to the client’s needs and aspirations.
How do they want to use these spaces? What do they like? What do they dislike? It is about opening their eyes to the possibilities of such spaces – it is about fulfilling their dreams.
Realising the potential of a garden space in both functional and artistic terms can be quite challenging – but when it all comes together, the results can be simply breath-taking.
I studied Landscape Architecture at Sheffield University and initially designed using a very natural palette and ecological style. My passion for historic buildings, landscapes and gardens led me to become the Senior Landscape Architect for English Heritage (now known as Historic England) – working on historic Grade 1 Estates and beautiful formal gardens for many years. I now work as an independent garden designer and landscape architect. I am also a Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Recently I have enjoyed working on a range of gardens for clients including ‘modern’ large-scale gardens with large lawns and massive zones of ornamental grasses and ‘modern’ sculptures and water features; and, small intimate city gardens in the heart of London.
Current projects in Hampstead Garden Suburb London, The Cotswolds and Dubai.
London Garden Design is part of DHA Landscape Architecture – a Landscape Institute Registered Landscape Practice.
Phone: 07812 163028 or Email: david@london-gardendesign.com
